If you are a frequent user of github, you might have come across github pages, a service to publish websites. Github pages are often helpful to explain/showcase your small projects with a neat webpage for each repository.

All you need is to include a markdown in your github repository by name INDEX.md and github pages will generate a webpage from it. There are many options as mentioned in documentation.

Rename the markdown as docs/INDEX.md to make it the default loader. Your project website is ready at the link “[usename].github.io/[projectname]”

By default project webpage shows repository name as the title of webpage. This can be edited if you create/edit the _config.yml file and place this content inside as key:value pairs. Make sure the value is passed as a string in quotes.

git has undoubtedly become the version control standard in the industry and this skill is inevitable for collaboration across multiple teams. Even solo projects can use git to streamline development and experiment with multiple branches. This post is a small starting point for newbies.

git documentation can be overwhelming for most newbies with lots of options/commands. In reality, most developers end up using a handful of key features.

[Since it is always hard to remember], I have this cheatsheet (atlassian) posted on my desk.

Git Commit messages

Git commit messages are terse notes about the changes made since last commit. ideally messages are to follow the structure given below and It’s always a good practice to follow this guide for commit messages: GIT Style Guide